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NPS Form 10-900-A 0MB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section Number: _7_ Page: 16 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR to Roland Hubbard, who moved across the street from his previous residence at 831 Minnesota (See Site 20).37 The Thierolf House retains considerable integrity to its original design. Historic photographs reveal a small balustrade atop the flat-roofed porch that no longer survives, having been removed in the early 1950s. Few other alterations deviate from the structure's early appearance. In 1982 the house was included in the inventory of architect Frank dark's works as Site 41 and ranked of "Primary" significance. In setting, design and materials, the Thierolf House is an important structure within both the Geneva-Minnesota District and the larger Medford-area context as a whole. ID No: Oil Historic Name: George & Dora Gates House Year Built: 1923 Address: 830 Minnesota Legal: 37S-1W-30AB, Tax Lot 13800 Humphrey-Andrews Addn, Block 2, Lot(s) 6, w. 1/2 lot 7 Architect: Builder(s): Style: Historic Period Primary Contributing Built in 1923, the gable-roof, wood frame dwelling known as the George and Dora Gates House is sided with wood shingles. Windows are 6/1 double hung with plain trim. An arched entry porch is similar to that of the George Porter House (Site 9). An early open veranda, located at the northwest corner has been removed and some windows have been altered from the original design. Dormers to the rear were added during Gates' ownership. The original matching garage is located to the rear. The subject property was acquired by George and Dora Gates in 1923 and, following the assumption of two mortgages, the house was built as the family's home.38 George Gates, the eldest child of Charles E. "Pop" and Lean Gates (See Site 33), worked first in his father's Ford agency and later established Gates Furniture, a successful local company. The Gates family resided in the house until 1953, moving to the Plaza Apartments. 39 George died in 1957. Fred and Mary Lorish, the next owners, of the subject property, bought in 1953 and lived here for many years. The George and Dora Gates House retains sufficient integrity to its original appearance, use of materials and construction to relate its original construction. The George and Dora Gates House remains a significant visual element within the Geneva-Minnesota District. 37 Roland Hubbard, op. cit. 38 See Certificate of Title 3059,3-December-1923 and Mortgage documents 7235 and 7693 for a total of $7,000. 39 Philip Gates, personal communication with the author, 27-February-1993. See also JCD 388:256.
NPS Form 10-900-A OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section Number: _7_ Page: 17 Geneva-Minnesota Historic District, Medford, OR ID No: 012 Historic Name: L. Mann-Larison House Year Built: 1923 Address: 832 Minnesota Legal: 37S-1W-30AB, Tax Lot 13900 Humphrey-Andrews Addn, Block 2, Lot(s) w. 1/2 lot 4, w. 35' lot 4 Architect: Builder(s): Style: Bungalow Primary Contributing A comparatively modest single story, gable roof, bungalow, the Mann-Larison House was built circa Spring 1923. The structure is bilaterally symmetrical around the central gable roof front porch with open board decorations in the gable end. Siding is original double-drop and windows are 6/1 "Cottage" style double hung, set in pairs. A single decorative chimney and protruding blocks, roughly approximating ceiling joists, are also present. In April 1923 Lawrence C. and Frances Mann purchased the subject property and obtained a $3000 mortgage from the State of Oregon, probably as part of the popular Veteran's program, for construction of the subject property. Lawrence Mann (no relation to John C. Mann, see Sites 1 and 27) worked for many years as a pharmacist in Medford. In 1921 he and his wife left Medford and moved north where he attended a two-year graduate pharmacy program.40 In 1923, upon his return, he entered into a partnership with longtime Medford druggist, Fred L. Heath and Heath's son, Fred Jr. Larry Mann, who for the last three years has been inserting pep in the Heath organization attended the University of Oregon and during the world war served as a captain and instruction in the aviation corps. Larry is a registered pharmacist and prominent in local fraternal orders and one of the leading young business men of Medford. 41 Upon their return to the Rogue Valley, the Manns apparently built this home. For unknown reasons, Mann had left the area by the early 1930s, moving to Portland. In 1935 a Herbert Hussong, a statistician with COPCO, and his wife Glenna were living here. In September 1935 another COPCO employee, Charles O. Larison, and his wife Kathryn, purchased the property. Mrs. Larison continues to reside here at this writing. The Mann-Larison House retains high integrity to its original appearance. Of modest design, it remains consistent with the overall pattern of the neighborhood and substantially contributes to the uniform quality of the Geneva-Minnesota District. 40 Medford Mail Tribune, 29-August-1921, 2:2. 41 "Heath's Drug Co. is Reorganized," Medford Mail Tribune, 15-February-1923, 7:5.
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